Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have a message which I may properly convey to her , I will do so . |
| 2 | If Mr. Goldsmith would care to accept the invitation — clearly written in the bottom left-hand corner of our charts — to contact us , I would gladly explain to him in detail how we tackle the very complex task of chart production , and in particular how we go to the most extraordinary lengths to try to meet the highest standards of clarity and accuracy demanded by the wide range of our customers — when flying in UK ( not USA ) airspace . |
| 3 | He had cultivated Marcel Mauss , Durkheim 's nephew , so that he could personally convey to her the importance of understanding the springs of human action . |
| 4 | Do much damage to yours ? |
| 5 | They kill a very high percentage of their catch immediately , fewer rabbits escape from them and , while killing the rabbit , they do less damage to it . |
| 6 | But with a list price of around £1,500 , it may be a tad too expensive if you 're just looking for a reliable workhorse. 300dpi printers are good enough for churning out letters , reports and the odd graphic , and do a lot less damage to your wallet . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd better explain to me what it is she does as a job . |
| 8 | Ah , ah , I just thought I 'd better explain to everyone , sorry . |
| 9 | Organisms can only adapt to their presently existing environments ; they can not predict future ones . |
| 10 | Ask little Herta , who will defeatedly attest to it . |
| 11 | If you , the reader , are not of a scientific bent , then they may not much appeal to you and you may wish to gloss over them . |
| 12 | She paused , looking at him reflectively , and then asked : ‘ Do n't you think you had better speak to your father about all this ? ’ |
| 13 | The notion of giving a helping hand to a new literature produced against these overwhelming odds would naturally appear to her to be anathema . |
| 14 | He can not only bring to our remembrance what Jesus taught , but can reveal to us the deeper significance of his person , his death and resurrection which we could never have grasped by historical contemporaneity . |
| 15 | I said Well I 'm sorry you 'd better refer to my solicitor who 's told me that you need a court order . |
| 16 | It does n't personally matter to me , it just like feel |
| 17 | To talk about God to starving men is simply a waste of time for to them God is bread ; he can only appear to them as the bread of life . |
| 18 | We can only give to Him what we receive from Him , and when we receive living bread and living water from the house of bread , there is no other possible response than worship . |
| 19 | it 's still the first one , she 's got a billion things to do , we 'll obviously speak to her in the autumn , erm |
| 20 | Now someone whose doctor is elderly could quite naturally refer to him or her using ( 45 ) where superscript 3 indicates rising tone while mid tone is indicated by the absence of a superscript numeral : ( 45 ) The following sentence : ( 46 ) is also perfectly acceptable , and might even be translated by the same words of English but it carries instead the meaning that the person concerned ( who might be twenty-six years old and a fairly fresh graduate from medical college ) has been established as one 's doctor for some time and is not , for example , another practitioner who has recently moved into the district . |
| 21 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 22 | We can make fear choices , which lead us to cling to the past — ‘ I hate my job , but I wo n't find anything better , so I 'd better stick to it ’ , ‘ I always eat hamburger and chips on Thursdays ’ , ‘ I 'd like to know Chris better , but I 'm sure s/he wo n't be interested in me ’ — or growth choices , in which we reach for the future — ‘ I hate my job , so I 'll start applying for others , even though it feels scary ’ , ‘ Maybe I 'll try spaghetti bolognese tonight ’ , ‘ What have I got to lose ? |
| 23 | Finding that broking in political power was more fun than selling milk , Horsley self-importantly told Kinnock he 'd better stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister , or there 'd be trouble from NoS . |
| 24 | However much the excise supervisor may have been appreciated by the councillors of St. Andrews , he was regarded with less enthusiasm at the Treasury , and the member of parliament was told bluntly that if any office about St. Andrews fell vacant , which was usually left to the recommendation of the Burgh Member , he should have the nomination , and as Scott advised the provost , ‘ they hoped that from reasons which must naturally occur to myself , I would be satisfied with the propriety of their answer ’ . |
| 25 | I shall personally see to it that you are put away in a place where not even the crows can land their droppings on you ! |
| 26 | ‘ Had n't you better see to him ? ’ |
| 27 | So you 'd better see to it that Luke and Sonny do n't go often to the village . |
| 28 | ‘ Well — ’ She went to the fire and ground the kettle on top of the glowing tins , then added , ‘ As you 're takin' over , you 'd better see to it . ’ |
| 29 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 30 | I think you 'd better see to it . |